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KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! Pambazuka News 784: Our resources, our lives: Resisting the new colonialism ------------------------------ 21 July 2016 CONTENTS: 1. Features <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1> , 2. Advocacy & campaigns <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3> ------------------------------ *Features* ------------------------------ Brexit and the EU implosion: National sovereignty for what purpose? <http://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/brexit-and-eu-implosion-national-sovereignty-what-purpose>Samir Amin <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/4569> The defenceof national sovereignty, like its critique, leads to serious misunderstandings once one detaches it from the social class content of the strategy in which it is embedded. The leading social bloc in capitalist societies always conceives sovereignty as a necessary instrument for the promotion of its own interests based on both capitalist exploitation of labourand the consolidation of its international positions. Year 50: Biafra before Brexit <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/year-50-biafra-brexit>Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6424> Isn’t it an interesting coincidence that Britons have voted to leave the European Union exactly 50 years after the British government helped ruthlessly crush the Biafra secession in Nigeria? Aren’t all people, whether Biafran or British, entitled to the same right of self-determination? UNCTAD 14: Peasants’ declaration on trade, markets and development <http://www.pambazuka.org/advocacy-campaigns/unctad-14-peasants%E2%80%99-declaration-trade-markets-and-development>La Via Campesina <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5532>UNCTAD 14 presents a free market driven neoliberal trade paradigm which stands in stark contrast to the food sovereignty paradigm where smallholder farmers are social, cultural, and historical actors that make decisions based on a diversity of personal, ethical, and cultural factors and not just based on profit, business and markets. Britain’s scramble for Africa: The new colonialism <http://www.pambazuka.org/resources/britain%E2%80%99s-scramble-africa-new-colonialism>Colin Todhunter <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9460> Africa is facing a new and devastating colonial invasion driven by a determination to plunder the natural resources of the continent, especially its strategic energy and mineral resources. That’s the message from a damning new report from War On Want ‘The New Colonialism: Britain’s scramble for Africa’s energy and mineral resources <http://media.waronwant.org/sites/default/files/TheNewColonialism.pdf?_ga=1.163857279.1562019882.1468355472>’ that highlights the role of the British government in aiding and abetting the process. Mauritania: The 'Ugly Canadian' strikes again <http://www.pambazuka.org/resources/mauritania-ugly-canadian-strikes-again>Yves Engler <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9660>There are 2,600 Mauritanian workers employed by Kinross Gold of whom 1,041 are permanent, costing the company $36 million, while there are 130 expatriate employees who cost $43 million. DRC: Communities mobilise to free themselves from a century of colonial oil palm plantations <http://www.pambazuka.org/land-environment/drc-communities-mobilise-free-themselves-century-colonial-oil-palm-plantations>RIAO-RDC and GRAIN <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/riao-rdc-and-grain> After many years of running oil palm plantations, the world’s largest food company Unilever sold the lands it had grabbed mostly to foreign companies. The communities living next to and within Unilever’s former plantations are amongst the poorest in Africa. Now they are mobilizing to fight their grabbed land. SADC and the conflict in Mozambique: Quiet or absent diplomacy? <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/sadc-and-conflict-mozambique-quiet-or-absent-diplomacy>Fredson Guilengue <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8812>Last week Mozambique invited former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to mediate the simmering conflict between the ruling party and opposition. The impact of this conflict with the potential to disrupt neighbouring countries seems to have gone unnoticed by SADC. The regional bloc should take a firm, impartial leadership position on this matter. The retreat of neoliberalism <http://www.pambazuka.org/economics/retreat-neoliberalism>William Gumede <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/4919>An internal IMF report admitting the destructive nature of neoliberalism may have come too late for many African countries. The neoliberal structural adjustment programs have led to economic hardships, political instability and conflicts in most African countries where they have been implemented. Perspectives on the Trilateral Agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam <http://www.pambazuka.org/resources/perspectives-trilateral-agreement-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam>Minga Negash <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/minga-negash>, Seid Hassan <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6801>, Mammo Muchie and Abu Girma Moges <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/mammo-muchie-and-abu-girma-moges>*Why colonial country based law firms cannot be used for arbitration and drafting rules of engagement for independent states* Ethiopian authorities have reportedly engaged a British law firm to handle a dispute over the use of the waters of the Nile. This is inappropriate. Any dispute over the Nile should be dealt with under international law. Moreover, a law firm based in a former colonial country can never be expected to be independent of the interests of the country in which its primary interest lies. Mudimbe’s volte-face <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/mudimbe%E2%80%99s-volte-face>Sanya Osha <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7043>Mudimbe’s initial gesture of philosophical skepticism - in relation to the western imperial project - or even disapproval had been well received in the academy and largely accounts for his formidable international reputation. But his latest philosophical position might be considered to betray signs of satiety and self-contradictory reaction. LGBTI vote at the UN shows battle for human rights is far from won <http://www.pambazuka.org/gender-minorities/lgbti-vote-un-shows-battle-human-rights-far-won>Henning Melber <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3628>The world has edged closer to placing the same value on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people as it does on human rights. Sadly, not all states, including many African countries, are on the same page. Evictions at gun point continue at Kennedy Road settlement <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/evictions-gun-point-continue-kennedy-road-settlement>Abahlali baseMjondolo <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5016> It is very disturbing that the very same municipality that gave permission for people to build and provided the building material is now illegally and violently tearing these shacks down. If the govrernment continues to rule impoverished people in a violent, unlawful, corrupt and criminal way, there will be a risk of retaliation from the oppressed. Yekaterinburg Forum: One step aims at bolstering Russia-African business <http://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/yekaterinburg-forum-one-step-aims-bolstering-russia-african-business>Kester Kenn Klomegah <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7664>Russia is implementing a number of large-scale projects in Africa. At the same time Russian companies are interested in projects focusing on mineral extraction, the energy sector, construction of large manufacturing facilities, human resources training, healthcare development, agriculture and food security, cooperation in digital technology and communications. Combat police violence in Jamaica with organized working-class resistance <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/combat-police-violence-jamaica-organized-working-class-resistance>Ajamu Nangwaya <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7073>Jamaica has one of the highest rates of police killings in the world. Physical assaults, arbitrary detention and arrests, torture, humiliation, sexual assaults, extortion, robbery, intimidation of witnesses and fabrication of evidence are also common. The working-class communities that bear the weight of this brutality need to collectively and systematically organize in order to combat it. The no-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict <http://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/no-state-solution-israel-palestine-conflict>Jeremy R. Hammond <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/jeremy-r-hammond> It is time for the citizens of the world to effect the paradigm shift required to bring about a peaceful resolution to the world’s most infamous conflict. Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression <http://www.pambazuka.org/advocacy-campaigns/eleven-signs-bds-continues-grow-despite-israel%E2%80%99s-war-repression> BDS <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/bds> Western governments, leading political parties and the world’s largest human rights organizations have recently recognized BDS as a legitimate means of nonviolently advocating and campaigning for Palestinian freedom, justice and equality. ------------------------------ *Advocacy & campaigns* ------------------------------ Sign Petition: People of Conscience Concerned about Human Rights #JusticeforWalterRodney <http://www.pambazuka.org/advocacy-campaigns/sign-petition-people-conscience-concerned-about-human-rights>Aajay Murphy <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/aajay-murphy> IS THERE NO JUSTICE FOR MURDER, EVEN AFTER 36 YEARS? COMMISSION REPORT ISSUED ON ASSASSINATION OF DR. WALTER RODNEY. 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